THE LORD'S SUPPER
Since there are so many different views on the subject of the Lord's Supper, I feel that this should be a very thorough and careful study. Some believe we should use only wine, some believe we should use only grape juice, and some believe we should not observe the Lord's Supper at all. In an effort to clear this controversy, I believe the best place to start our study is at the beginning; so, let us read from the Bible the description of the Passover.
THE PASSOVER
According to Exodus 12:40, the children of Israel had been in Egypt for 430 years. Their stay had been far from being pleasant and when the cries of God's people came up before Him, He sent Moses to lead them out of Egypt.
God poured out ten plagues upon Egypt, as recorded in Exodus Chapters 7-12. In the last and final plague upon Pharaoh
and his kingdom, God had proclaimed that all of the first born of Egypt would die at midnight.
The Israelites were instructed as to what they should do to escape the angel of death. We read in Exodus the eleventh chapter, verses four and five: "And Moses said, thus saith the Lord, about midnight, will I go out into the midst of Egypt: and all the first born in the land of Egypt shall die?" In chapter twelve of Exodus starting with the third verse we read, "Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, in the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house. And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next unto his house take it accordi ...